gre词汇大全：新东方GRE阅读词汇笔记(13)

consensus

general agreement; opinion reached by a group

consequential

self-important; significant; consequent; following as a result; Ex. consequential air; CF. subsequent

conservatory(conservatoire)

school of the fine arts (especially music or drama); glass-enclosed area; CF. conservancy

consign

send to a person or place for sale; deliver officially; entrust; put into the care of another; set apart (for a special purpose); N. consignment; CF. consignor, consignee

consistency

absence of contradictions; uniformity; degree of thickness or firmness; Ex. consistency of thick cream; CF. viscous

console

lessen sadness or disappointment; give comfort; allay the sorrow of; N. consolation

consolidation

unification; process of becoming firmer or stronger; V. consolidate: merge; strengthen

consonance

harmony; agreement

consonant

harmonious; in agreement; N.

consort

associate with; keep company; N: husband or wife (or a ruler)

conspiracy

treacherous plot; secret plan against the law (by two or more people)

conspire

take part in a conspiracy; (of events) work together; combine; Ex. Events conspired to produce great difficulties.

consternation

great shock; dismay

constituency

voters represented by an elected official; district so represented; group of supporters (or constituents)

constituent

supporter; voter; member of a constituency; component

constitution

constituting; system of laws; composition of something; physical makeup or structure of a person; Ex. men with strong constitutions

constraint

restraint; compulsion; repression of feelings; reticence; V. constrain: hold back; restrain; compel; oblige; confine forcibly; imprison

construe

explain; interpret; Ex. construe her silence as meaning that she agreed; CF. misconstrue

consummate

complete; V.

contagion

infection (by contact); ADJ. contagious; CF. infectious: that can be passed by infection in the air

contaminate

pollute

contempt

scorn; disdain; ADJ. contemptuous; CF. contemptible

contend

struggle; compete; assert earnestly; state strongly

contention

assertion; claim; thesis; struggling; competition

contentious

quarrelsome; controversial; likely to cause arguments

contest

dispute; argue about the rightness of; compete for; try to win; Ex. contest the election results; Ex. contest a seat in Parliament; N.

context

writings preceding and following the passage quoted; circumstance in which an event occurs

contiguous

adjacent to; touching upon

continence

self-restraint; sexual chastity; sexual abstinence; voluntary control over bladder and bowel functions; ADJ. continent

contingent

dependent on something uncertain or in the future; conditional; happening by chance; accidental; N: a group of soldiers, ships to a larger force; CF. contingency: future event that may or may not occur; possibility; Ex. prepare for every contingency

contortions

twistings; distortions; V. contort: twist violently out of shape; CF. contortionist

contraband

illegal trade; smuggling; smuggled goods; ADJ.

contravene

contradict; oppose; violate (a rule, law, or custom); N. contravention

contrite

penitent; repentant; N. contrition

contrivance

something contrived; machine or apparatus; clever deceitful plan; scheme

contrive

invent or fabricate in a clever way (by improvisation); manage; Ex. contrive to attract his attention

contrived

unnatural and forced; artificial; not spontaneous; Ex. The ending was rather contrived.

controvert

oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict; ADJ. controversial; N. controversy

contumacious

stubborn and disobedient; resisting authority (esp. disobedient to an order made by a court)

contusion

bruise

conundrum

riddle; difficult problem

convene

come together; assemble; call to meet; Ex. convene the council

convention

social or moral custom; established practice; formal meeting; international agreement

conventional

ordinary; typical; not nuclear; Ex. conventional weapons

converge

approach; tend to meet; come together

conversant

familiar with; having knowledge of

converse

opposite; ADJ.

convert

one who has adopted a different religion or opinion; V: change into another form; (persuade to) adopt a particular religion or belief

convex

curving outward

conveyance

vehicle; transfer; act of conveying; Ex. public conveyance

conviction

judgment that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief

convivial

pleasantly merry; festive; joyous; gay; characterized by joviality; jovial

convoke

call together; Ex. convoke Parliament; N. convocation

convoluted

coiled around; twisted; involved; complicated; intricate; complex; N. convolution: twist; one of the convex folds of the surface of the brain

convulsion

violent uncontrollable shaking movement (caused by illness); V. convulse; ADJ. convulsive

copious

plentiful

coquette

flirt; flirtatious woman; woman who tries to attract the admiration of men without sincere feelings; V.

cordial

warmly friendly; gracious; heartfelt; Ex. cordial welcome

cordon

extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress; V.

cornice

projecting molding on building (usually above columns or pillars);

cornucopia

horn (or horn-shaped container) overflowing with fruit and grain; symbol of abundance; horn of plenty

corollary

natural consequence (which naturally follows from something else)

coroner

public official who investigates any death thought to be of other than natural causes

corporeal

bodily (rather than spiritual); of a bodily form; material; tangible

corpulent

very fat; N. corpulence

corpus

collection (of writings or information); Ex. the corpus of Shakespear's works; Cf. corpse

corpuscle

red or white cell in the blood

correlate

either of the correlated things; V.

correlation

mutual relationship

corroborate

confirm; support; strengthen

corrode

destroy or wear away gradually by chemical action (over a long period)

corrosive

eating away by chemicals or disease; (of language) fierce

corrugated

wrinkled; ridged

cosmic

pertaining to the universe; vast

coterie

group that meets socially; select circle; close group of people with shared interests

countenance

approve; support; tolerate; Ex. countenance his rude behavior; N: face; appearance

countermand

cancel; revoke (an order)

counterpart

thing that completes another; things very much alike; thing that has the same purpose in a different system

coup

highly successful action or sudden attack; coup(s) d'\'etat; CF. coup de gr\^ace: deathblow or shot which kills

couple

join; unite; OP. uncouple

courier

messenger